Distributer attachment for manure-spreaders.



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citi enoft'he United States, residing at .C enterville,ein the county ot Queen Anne 5land, State{g)'t Maryland, have invented (:er- 7 ,tain Improvements in. Distributer Attaeh ments for Man-ure-Spre ulers.

in mu'evspreaders andhas fUliitS main object means for distributing the fertilizer ii asiinple and etticientmanner at a;i'1v,i inc ot'a number in widths, 'and'in such y asto prevent winds from varying the W 1th andregularitvot spread. "1,5

Jilitlnthisgeneralobject in view. the inieoustiaiction' an hin-unique conibhnitions --ot parts to be hereinafter .niore full) described :indaulaimed; the descriptive matter be ng l upp lemeiitedhy the accompanying drawnr;

wherein, i 1 p Figure 1 IS a HHlU elevation t a Spreader eonstrr-mtedin aeeordaneewith iny inve'n-' tit-in;- l hg. is-a top; plan view o'ftherear "425 end. thereof: Fig. is a rear elevation with partsbrnlteu--away and inseetiun; and Fig.5. '1 is a detziilhside elevation showing the n'1an- 'mu'in'nvhieh jthedistributer may be reversed.

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throughout the severalviews."thenulneral 1 indicating broadly :the1bod of a manure, spreader \vhieb is supported by tl1e-usual trontand rear Wheels! and 3 respectivelv,

., and is equipped in its bottom with an}' preifeh'red type of rea'-r\\'ardl moving teed meniher l which is preferably inthe'forln o-tfa m'iin'nion type of apron having trinisverse slats provided \vith'areuate prongs 5 to reliab'lj 'engage the eontentso'l the body Ito inove such contents re.ar\\"ai'di v.

As is eonnhon with. spi'eziders of the class 'deseribed, some means isprovi'ded for vary ingthe speed of the feed n'i'eniberdfand in vie'ii''ot' the fact that an \"one of themechai sn'is iimv'iiruse'nught \vell be'used for this 1un'pose,I have only represented such a ineehan'isni at (i in" Fig. 1, and "have shown thes'ame as provided V\\" 1th anoperating'lever fWartll'Y; Z The *rod or a sinil'l'ar (id 1 ployed on n otftyp t h'n the' ron f Specification of Letters l'etent.

Application filed May 7, 1915. Serial No. 26,552,

My invention relates toimprovements in] lhlOlhI'tHitltS in eertain novel features ot,

ar reference v3.0 elniract'ers designate eorresponding parts msrmnv'mn ATTACHMENT-FOE MANURELSPBEADERS' Patented Opt; 1916.

invention th'e rod in questionis connected in a different manner yet to be specified.

I -"j decries DL' N E AVIT TJ, or cElw nR'VgIlLE,fivrnipxmrfip.' i

' Rotatablv' mounted upon a transverse horizontal shaft ''10 nrrear of the feed inemher 'i', is a colnnion'ty 'ie, of rotary beater 11 \\Tlll7ll, 1n addition to a supplemental beater ,12 spaced upwz'rrdly from said heater llymay be driven by any preferred lnjeans from the rea r wheels 3. The opposite ends 0f the shaft 1.1 0 project beyond the upright sides f thebody 1 and receive loosely thereon bearings" carriedjpreferably' at one corner of a pairot' end frames 13 which are-usually triangulah i V p The frames l3rotatably support a hor zontal transverse-sin]ft ll provided near one ehdavith a sprocket avlieelia) and \vitha gear ll), the shaft being normallydriven by a sprocket chain 17 \\'l11(l1 passes around the drining sprocket 1S keyed to the shaft 10 and;

aroundthe sprocket l5. Forreasohs yet to become ObVIOUS, however. It is desirable at times toreverse the direction in whielr the 'shaft 14 is rotated. For accomplishing the last named end, a combined gear V and sprocket wheel 19 ma v be rotatablymounted passed around tile sprocket wheel 19 of the device 19 \v11ilei l1e-gear 19? of such deviee \vill niesh'ivith the g eardbf By so doing,

it is obvious that the direction inwhich the shaft 14 is driven will bereversed.

Loosely surrounding the shaft l-jl atsuitably spaced-points. is a pair of bearings 2-1 from which stub shat-ts'lproject at right angles to the shaft 1'4. sa'id stub shafts being- (m a stub shaft or thelike-ZO carried byone' mu frame ,13' (seehig; r). this be done, *thechain 17 will lie'shortened and will be 85.

held 'in rigid relation by any preferred means such as the crossed braces which lead I therefrom to the end trani'es 13.'l Supported mja'ny preferredmanner by the bearings 21,

is a pair of'eonieal shields 25 whichhouse therein a pa'i r of'bevel gears 26 keyed t0. the

shaft 1%, and beveled pi'nionsQTwhich mesh vith thege'ars and are IOtutublj mounted 01 r the] sh'a its 2;. The pin10ns27 are secured to the hubs 2S a ,pan: of manure di'stribhntiilit ir of. radiatiiig paddles 30 this construcpit h d-rene uters 9 in the {fol-n J of paddle ivheels, each 1n the s' ne Jplahe und vhaving their BEST AVIAIILABLEVCOP.

tion being preferable in order to obtain the desired results in the most elficient manner.

Projecting at an angle from the frames 13 and preferably braced thereto as indicated at 31 in Fig. 1, is a pair of arms 32 carrying a transversely elongated shield plate 33 which is disposed adjacent the rear edge of the paddle wheel distributers 29 and which is formed of two sections hinged together at 3% centrally between the ends of said plate. Any suitable connection between the plate 33 and the arms may be provided, and in view of this I have merely indicated one manner of accomplishing the necessary result, by forming openings 35 in the opposite end of the plate in question and by passng screws 35 through said openings into tlr I arms.

livoted to one of the arms 32 betweenthe ends thereof and leading forwardly from said arm is a rod 36 whose front end is pivoted to a .ever 37 (preferably though not necessarily a hand lever). The lever 37 is located in close proximity to the drivers seat 9 and is equipped with a suitable looking mechanism 28 whereby it may be held againstmovement in its various adjusted positions. By moving the lever 37 forwardly, the frame structure supporting the distributions 29, will be moved upwardly and forwardly to the position disclosed in dotted lines in lf ig. 1, or to any one of a number of intermediate positions, thus varying the angular relation of the axes of the distributers in respect to the feed member 5 and the direction of travel of the machine. This is important, since by so doing the operator may control the width of spread from the seat 9, it being obvious that when the distributers 2!) are positioned horizontallvas shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and are rotated in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, side or rear winds will not affect the evenness of spread and the fertilizer will be thrown downwardly, but outwardly only to a slight extent, whereas if the distributers are raised to other positions, the material will be spread over a wider strip of land, due to the fact that it is thrown outwardly to'a greater,extent.

When the direction of travel of the dis tributcrs 29 is reversed by the application of the member 1.), they will throw the fertilizer inward and, downward, provided said distributcrs arc interchangedor substituted sue for the othe be thrown dinvnwardly and inwardly to spread a narrow strip of land. \Vhen, how

ever, the distributcrs are positioned as shown in Fig. 2 and their direction of travel is reversed, the fertilizing material will be thrown inwardlyaml upwardly, thus causing the same to be deposited lightly upon the ca rthf \Vhen the distributcrs are interchanged in Fig. 2 and their direction of This causes the manure t r travel is as shown by arrows in Fig. 2, them a very wide distribution of fertilizer is accomplished, the fertilizer being thrown upwardly and outwardly. This is advantageous when fertilizing tender growing crops. It also allows fast work in brimdcasting fertilizers. During all ofthe spreading operations, the shield plate 38 plays the in'iportant part of properly guiding the manure to the distributers in order that the spread will be of uniform thickness throughout.

Obviously, if thespeed of the apron 5 were not increased proportionately with the increasing width of spread, the manure would be deposited in a thinner layer upon the ground, whereas when row strip, the fertilizer tircly too thickly, It therefore is highly :ulvantageous to provide some simple means whereby the speed of the apron 4 may he increased when the width of spread is increased and vice versa; This, end I have accomplished by connecting the usual rod 8 which operates the apron speeding means,

with the rod 36, whereby actuation of the spreading a nar-- would be spread enlever 37 to vary the width of spread will simultaneously increase or decrease the speed of the apron, as the case may be, thereby allowing same thickness to be spread over wide and narrow strips of land.

From the foregoing description, taken in a layer of fertilizer of the" connection with the accompanying drawing,

the constructionand operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

In the drawing, certain specific details of construction havebeen shown for illustrative purposcs,-but obviously I'need not be restricted thereto otherwise -than to the extent to which the appended claims limit me.

I claim: I 1. A manure spreader .having at its rear end a pair of manure distributing paddle wheels rotatable in the same plane, means for,

shifting said paddle wheels arcuately in the the machine, and adirection of travel of transversely elongated shield plate disposed adjacent one edge of said wheels and shiftable arcuately therewith.

A manure-spreader having at its rear end a pair of manure distributing paddle wheels rotatable in the same/plane, means for shifting said paddle wheels arcuately in the direction of travel of the machine, and a transversely elongated shield plate disposed adjacent one-edge of the wheels. shiftable arcuately therewith, and formed of twosections hinged together centrally between the ends of the plate on a line at an" angleto the aforesaid plane.

A manure spreader having at its rear end a. longitudinally swinging frame,'.a dis-j tributer mounted on said 'frame, means under the control of the operator for swinging said frame at will. ineludin'g an operating member adjacent the drivers seat,ai1d a transversely elongated shield plate in rear of the-distributer. and carried by the frame.

4. A manure spreader having at it's rear end a longitudinally swinging pivota-lly mounted frame carrying adistributing wheel and including a pair of arms, a shield adjacent the edge of the wheel and secured to said arms. said shield standing at an angle to the plane of movement of said wheel. a link extending forwardly from the frame. and means adjacent the drivers seat for Shifting said link'to swin'gthe frame at will.

wheel for delivering the manure to the eai t-li at any one of. anumlar of angles thereto, and mami'ally operated means for controlling the angles of deli\ ery.

manure spreader, of a pair of upright end frames pivoted upon a transverse axis to the' op'positesides of thebdy atthe rear end thereof. a trans\'erse driven shaft having its opposite ends rotatably mounted on said frames, a pair of bevel gears secured to saidsh aft, a pair of rotatable distributers having beveled gears intermeshing nth the aforesaic gears, and means for swinging the end framesbodily.around their axes.

S.'A manurespreader having at its rear endva distribut'er, means for arcuatelyslnfting the same for spreading at various widths. and means for feeding more or less manure to said distributer when it is moved for wide or narrow spreading, whereby the density of the spread material will. remain the same regardless of the Width of spread.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

a GEORGE D. NEAVITT.

The combination with the body of a 

